# WTI-BRENT CALENDAR — Commitments of Traders

Latest report: 2026-05-12
Market: WTI-BRENT CALENDAR - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
Commodity group: NATURAL RESOURCES

## Latest positions (2026-05-12)

- Open interest: 199,507 contracts
- Speculator long: 6,277 (3.1% of OI)
- Speculator short: 86,209 (43.2% of OI)
- Speculator NET: -79,932
- Commercial long: 179,607 (90.0% of OI)
- Commercial short: 95,722 (48.0% of OI)
- Commercial NET: +83,885
- Total traders: 20

## Week-over-week change

- Change in open interest: +489
- Change in speculator long: +1,545
- Change in speculator short: -75
- Change in commercial long: -1,016
- Change in commercial short: +149

## 52-week history (most recent first)

| Week | Open Interest | Spec Long | Spec Short | Comm Long | Comm Short |
|------|--------------:|----------:|-----------:|----------:|-----------:|
| 2026-05-12 | 199,507 | 6,277 | 86,209 | 179,607 | 95,722 |
| 2026-05-05 | 199,018 | 4,732 | 86,284 | 180,623 | 95,573 |
| 2026-04-28 | 210,141 | 2,358 | 90,462 | 191,782 | 100,874 |
| 2026-04-21 | 205,090 | 2,263 | 85,857 | 186,668 | 100,029 |
| 2026-04-14 | 203,441 | 1,883 | 85,793 | 185,804 | 98,629 |
| 2026-03-31 | 214,099 | 2,173 | 91,167 | 201,594 | 109,504 |
| 2026-03-24 | 207,189 | 2,878 | 86,872 | 195,039 | 107,679 |
| 2026-03-17 | 204,930 | 0 | 87,027 | 190,354 | 103,532 |
| 2026-03-10 | 198,424 | 4,613 | 84,907 | 183,324 | 100,307 |
| 2026-03-03 | 196,467 | 0 | 85,170 | 181,619 | 98,994 |
| 2026-02-24 | 213,653 | 4,713 | 95,678 | 198,579 | 104,588 |
| 2026-02-17 | 209,516 | 3,033 | 96,349 | 195,385 | 99,493 |
| 2026-02-10 | 209,262 | 1,909 | 97,124 | 196,913 | 99,071 |
| 2026-02-03 | 207,518 | 2,174 | 97,313 | 195,032 | 97,766 |
| 2026-01-27 | 210,389 | 1,111 | 105,524 | 199,915 | 90,952 |
| 2026-01-20 | 194,180 | 921 | 97,114 | 183,881 | 84,038 |
| 2026-01-13 | 189,466 | 1,606 | 95,100 | 180,036 | 81,767 |
| 2026-01-06 | 180,112 | 0 | 88,680 | 172,316 | 78,716 |
| 2025-12-30 | 189,996 | 0 | 90,410 | 181,882 | 85,395 |
| 2025-12-23 | 190,761 | 0 | 90,460 | 181,557 | 86,870 |
| 2025-12-16 | 190,170 | 0 | 91,559 | 180,802 | 84,681 |
| 2025-12-09 | 187,391 | 0 | 93,844 | 178,053 | 79,117 |
| 2025-12-02 | 177,816 | 0 | 90,119 | 168,178 | 74,217 |
| 2025-11-25 | 183,749 | 82 | 89,259 | 170,694 | 79,701 |
| 2025-11-18 | 183,629 | 467 | 96,987 | 172,413 | 74,147 |
| 2025-11-10 | 177,064 | 0 | 96,531 | 167,068 | 68,176 |
| 2025-11-04 | 174,300 | 0 | 98,037 | 164,895 | 66,481 |
| 2025-10-28 | 162,638 | 0 | 87,675 | 152,164 | 63,948 |
| 2025-10-21 | 164,962 | 0 | 95,676 | 155,764 | 59,419 |
| 2025-10-14 | 156,295 | 0 | 89,736 | 147,197 | 57,122 |
| 2025-10-07 | 150,070 | 483 | 90,289 | 141,327 | 51,470 |
| 2025-09-30 | 158,050 | 978 | 91,878 | 147,706 | 56,272 |
| 2025-09-23 | 153,415 | 1,248 | 89,695 | 143,648 | 54,592 |
| 2025-09-16 | 150,642 | 1,083 | 89,771 | 140,904 | 51,507 |
| 2025-09-09 | 145,743 | 1,208 | 86,631 | 133,092 | 45,825 |
| 2025-07-29 | 139,600 | 2,171 | 78,308 | 119,872 | 42,213 |
| 2025-07-22 | 140,280 | 1,831 | 79,578 | 120,542 | 41,873 |
| 2025-07-15 | 139,587 | 1,931 | 77,877 | 119,191 | 41,983 |
| 2025-06-24 | 149,266 | 1,514 | 80,557 | 126,583 | 46,533 |
| 2025-06-17 | 146,642 | 1,634 | 79,298 | 124,409 | 45,793 |
| 2025-06-10 | 144,209 | 1,664 | 74,364 | 122,074 | 47,238 |
| 2025-06-03 | 140,999 | 1,609 | 71,464 | 118,639 | 46,128 |
| 2025-05-27 | 146,972 | 2,034 | 69,107 | 120,578 | 51,144 |
| 2025-05-20 | 146,282 | 1,734 | 69,057 | 119,928 | 50,244 |
| 2025-04-29 | 154,717 | 4,633 | 64,718 | 122,311 | 58,859 |
| 2025-04-22 | 152,174 | 5,353 | 62,258 | 119,781 | 59,434 |
| 2025-04-15 | 146,118 | 5,301 | 58,348 | 114,446 | 58,429 |
| 2025-04-08 | 144,863 | 5,826 | 57,108 | 112,876 | 58,399 |
| 2025-04-01 | 141,738 | 6,196 | 52,563 | 108,726 | 59,144 |
| 2025-03-25 | 141,433 | 8,281 | 40,225 | 104,172 | 66,264 |
| 2025-03-18 | 136,963 | 8,381 | 35,618 | 99,002 | 66,644 |
| 2024-11-26 | 145,017 | 11,340 | 61,828 | 120,742 | 60,983 |

## Source

- CFTC Public Reports: https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/Public-Reports/Commitments-of-Traders-Public-Reporting-API/jun7-fc8e